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Forces dealt a big blow to Maoist top rung with Chalapathi killing. But many big guns still at large

ThePrint examines top Maoist leaders killed over 25 years and those still at large as security forces intensify efforts to achieve a “Naxal-free” India by March 2026.

8 DRG jawans, driver killed in Bastar as Maoists detonate 25 kg IED hidden beneath road

Device used in attack was command IED, triggered manually, it is learnt. DRG jawans were returning from counter-insurgency op in which 5 Maoists and a DRG constable were killed.

Commander carrying ₹25 lakh bounty among 9 suspected Maoists killed in Dantewada encounter

The operation, which began at 7.30 am & concluded at 1 pm Tuesday, involved 350 personnel of the security forces, it is learnt.

How a journalist discovered the middlemen making millions off Chhattisgarh Maoist-State conflict

In 'The Company of Violent Men', Siddharthya Roy reveals the personal journeys behind his reporting of violent conflicts in South Asia.

Gadchiroli police gun down 12 Maoists in encounter, Chhattisgarh STF sees 2 casualties in IED blast

Forces in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh were on lookout for Maoists after tipoff. Those eliminated include senior leaders carrying total reward of Rs 85 lakh on their heads.

Police gun down ‘12 Maoists’ in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, threefold jump in Naxalite casualties this yr

Friday’s encounter was fourth such action in last few months. In April, 10 alleged Maoists were shot dead in state’s Narayanpur and 29 in Kanker.

12 Maoists killed in Bijapur encounter, Chhattisgarh CM congratulates security forces

Exchange of gunfire broke out Friday between Naxals and security forces in the jungle near Pidiya village.

Info warfare, ‘Kashmir cell’, Maoists, Akhlaq killing find mention in Delhi Police’s NewsClick chargesheet

NewsClick questioned timing of media reports in case, slammed chargesheet as 'nothing but set of opinions of investigating officer parading as allegations'.

2 weeks after Abujmarh encounter, 10 more ‘Maoists’ killed in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur

According to the police, operation was conducted by District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force and 3 of the 10 suspected Maoists killed were women.

29 Maoists killed in Kanker ambush—What India must do to prevent their replacement

The Maoist insurgency has been wiped out from Telangana and seems in terminal decline across India. But in the Adivasi territories of Dandakaryana, it is stubbornly refusing to die.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refuller

India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.